Angle sextant

Description

Surveyor's angle sextant, anodized brass frame of two circular plates, with screw-in wooden handle, in leather carrying case, signed and made made by Henry Hughes & Sons of London, c. 1892

Museum reference

T.1911.102

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Angle sextant, Surveyor's sextant

Production information

Henry Hughes and Sons, Instrument maker
London, England, Northern Europe

Date

c. 1892

Materials

Anodised brass, Wood, Brass, Leather

Physical description

Leather case

Associations

Previous owner: Admiralty